John Fitzgerald Kennedy  (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963) was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963.  Notable events that occurred during his presidency included the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Police Week, the establishment of the Peace Corps, the Space Race, the building of the Berlin Wall, the African-American Civil Rights Movement, and the increased U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.  Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.  Kennedy ranks highly in historians’ polls of U.S. presidents, although a slight gap exists between his public reputation and his standing among academics, with the public generally more commendatory.  (More from Wikipedia)

 

By now, the parade of early deaths of beloved musicians is long indeed; I remember being affected by the senseless assassination of John Lennon on December 8, 1980 nearly as much as that of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. 

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